The study, published last week by Aston University researchers in the journal i-Perception, recreated one of the few solid ...

A reanalysis of a 1919 study suggests that a separate illusion, the "horizon effect," played a bigger role in warping visual ...

In all, more than 500,000 tons of chemical gas agents were used in World War I. Some 500,000 troops were injured and some 30,000 died, including 2,000 American troops.

Carton de Wiart died in 1963 at the age of 83, but his exploits have inspired generations of service members in the United ...

The original research, conducted in 1919 by Leo Blodgett, an MIT student, claimed that dazzle camouflage could mislead ...

As a young backpacker, I first fell in love with the picturesque village of Rothenburg, in Germany’s Franconian heartland. At ...

In the spring of 2004, as reports of cruelty and torture of prisoners of war at Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay began to surface, I was watching the PBS Newshour during their Friday spot with ...

St. Jakob’s Church contains the one must-see art treasure in Rothenburg: a glorious 500-year-old altarpiece by Tilman Riemenschneider, the Michelangelo of German woodcarvers. For a closer view of this ...

Fashion has often flirted with fascism—think designer military uniforms and the glamorization of authoritarianism. Some brands have even backed fascist regimes, while others have flipped the script, ...

Army 1st Lt. Jack Treadwell single-handedly took out six German pillboxes and captured 18 enemy soldiers during World War II.